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Globe says Google may join Meta in blocking news

2023-10-03 07:11 ET - In the News

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The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that Google is not onside with the Online News Act, also known as Bill C-18. The Globe's Marie Woolf writes that Google warns it could stop Canadians from searching for news on its platforms unless Ottawa makes further changes. The new law does not come into force until Dec. 19. Bill C-18 was designed to support the news industry by requiring large on-line tech companies to pay Canadian media outlets for using their content. A month ago, the federal Heritage Department clarified how the law would work in practice, hoping to end a standoff over the law with Google and fellow tech giant Meta. The proposed regulations set a $230-million cap on the amount Google and Facebook would together have to inject into Canada's news sector. Google would have to pay $172-million of that. However, Google said on Monday, the final day of a month-long public consultation on the draft regulations, that the government's proposals have not fixed what it sees as fundamental flaws with the legislation. It said the Online News Act needs wholesale changes. Meta has already blocked Canadians from accessing news on its platforms, removing itself from the Online News Act's jurisdiction.

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